Is Death the End
Is Death The End?
“5For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; Nevermore will they have a share in anything done under the sun.” Eccl 9:5-6 NKJV
“6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well, 7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.” Eccl 12:6-7 NIV
Many believe the soul’s immortal
Thanks to Greek philosophy.
That idea originated in ancient Egypt
Then filtered through this Grecian country.
In the Garden of Eden
God made man from the dust of the earth;
He then breathed life into his nostrils;
A living soul was given birth.
As only God is immortal
And even Ezekiel tells us a soul dies. [Ezek 18:4 NKJV]
We are subject to death,
But from death’s sleep will rise. [Jn 5:29 NKJV]
The Greek fable of man’s immortality
Has been adopted by so-called religion.
It is the basis of spiritualism, [Gen 3:4]
With which Christians should find no union.
As Ecclesiastes tells us
Death is but a sleep. [Eccl 9:5,6]
The body returns to the dust of the earth;
The soul [soul = *ruah: breath/air] returns to God to keep.
Death is the reversal
Of how man was created.
But only God’s immortal
Whatever Greek philosophers have stated.
Is death the end?
No, not at all.
In the twinkling of an eye,
Christ the righteous dead will call. [Jn 5:28, 29]
They’ll be given immortality
When taken to heaven on high.
The wicked dead will await the second resurrection
And later with death comply. [second death]
Foot note: *ruah is Hebrew for breath, air or wind
[Written especially for you, Thomas]
Copyright © Maureen LeFanue 2012
www.maureenlefanue.com
Copyright © Maureen Lefanue | Year Posted 2012
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